Listing of Useful Plants of the World
[formerly Listing of Potential New Crops for Australia]


NOTICE: Information on the background to this Listing is available. The analysis of numbers of papers/mentions over time was completed in 1997, using the Agricola database (1970-1996). Hard copies of the Listing (553 pages; over 4200 new crops listed with the analyses of numbers of papers over time included) are available from the publisher, Dr Rob Fletcher; see Advice on Publications Available.

The references listed below are from the Biological Abstracts database (1988-2000) and are courtesy of SilverPlatter Information. For more information re Silverplatter, go to www.silverplatter.com.


Persea gratissima

 

Analysis of numbers of papers/mentions over time (Agricola database 1970-1996):

 

Source: AGRICOLA database (1970-1996)

Common Name(s): abacate syn Ahuacate syn Alligator pear syn Avocado syn Avocate syn vegetable marrow
Crop Use(s): fruit
Reference Source(s): sturtevant
Number of Papers/Mentions: 5

References (Biological Abstracts 1988-2000):

[These references are from the Biological Abstracts database and are courtesy of SilverPlatter Information. For more information re SilverPlatter, go to www.silverplatter.com. References are listed alphabetically by author within years, with most recent references first; addresses of author(s) have been included when available. To search within this page, we suggest using Find in Page, within the Edit menu of the Web Browser.]

Kruthiventi, A. K. and N. R. Krishnaswamy (2000). Constituents of the flowers of Persea gratissima. Fitoterapia . Feb. 71(1): 94-96. {a} Department of Chemistry, Sri Satya Sai Institute of Higher Learning, Prashantinilayam, AP, 515 134, India

Cannon, P. F. (1996). IMI Description of Fungi and Bacteria No. 1285: Phyllachora gratissima. Mycopathologia 135(1): 51-52.

De, B. C. and M. A. Gold (1996). Development of utility and location indices for classifying agroforestry species: The case of Rwanda. Agroforestry Systems 34(3): 229-246. ICRAF, P.O. Box 30677 Nairobi, Kenya

Menezes, M. and R. T. Hanlin (1996). Appressoria of Brazilian isolates of Colletotrichum gloeosporioides (Penz.) Sacc. causal agent of anthracnoses diseases. Revista de Microbiologia 27(4): 247-251. {a} Area Fitossanidade, Dep. Agron., Univ. Fed. Rural Pernambuco, Av. Dom Manoel de Medeiros, s/n. Dois Irmaos, CEP 52171-900 Recife, PE, Brazil

Bedi, Y. S. (1990). Cytology of hardwoods. Proceedings Of The Indian Academy Of Sciences Plant Sciences 100(2): 91-96.

Willows, R. D. and B. V. Milborrow (1989). The stereochemistry of the hydrogen atoms at C-5' of abscisic acid. Phytochemistry 28(10): 2641-2642.

Yip, W. K. and S. F. Yang (1988). Cyanide metabolism in relation to ethylene production in plant tissues. Plant Physiology 88(2): 473-476.

Cowan, A. K. and I. D. Railton (1987). Cytokinins and ancymidol inhibit abscisic acid biosynthesis in Persea gratissima. Journal Of Plant Physiology 130(2-3): 273-278.

Cowan, A. K. and I. D. Railton (1986). Chloroplasts and the biosynthesis and catabolism of abscisic acid. Journal Of Plant Growth Regulation 4(4): 211-224.


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Index of common names:
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Latest update 30 January 2001 by: RF